Supercritical synthesis and in situ deposition of PbS nanocrystals with oleic acid passivation for quantum dot solar cells

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-169

  Tavakoli, M M ^a   Simchi, A ^a   Aashuri, H ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chalcogenides; Chemical synthesis; Electronic materials; Inorganic compounds

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; DEPOSITION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; OLEIC ACID; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLS; SUBSTRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TIN OXIDES; TOLUENE;

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; NARROW SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84925271858     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.02.043     Document Type: Article

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